Sofa-bed.



' N0. 755,090. 'PATENTED MAR. 22,1904. F. B. WERSEL, JR.

SOFA- BED.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, i903.

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Patented. March 322 1904.

UNITED STATES PATE T ()FFICE.

FRANK BERNARD WERSEL, JR., OF MOUNT LOOKOUT, OHIO.

SOFA-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,090, dated, March22, 1904.

Application filed June 1, 1903. Serial No. 159,458. (No model.)

cinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,) have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Sofa-Beds; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full and eX- act description thereof,reference being'had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to combination sofas and beds; and it has for itsobject the im-.

provement in construction of such devices whereby they are simplifiedand rendered more efiicient in action.

The novelty of my invention consists in the combination andsubcombination of the parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, andspecifically pointed out in the claim.

Figure l is a transverse vertical section through the device when in itssofa form. Fig. 2 is a cross-section with the parts in the positionassumed by them to form the bed. Fig. 3 is an elevation looking from therear. Fig. 4 shows how base and ends will look when knocked down forshipment.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severaldrawings.

A represents a stationary base-frame having similar end standards Aaffording arms for the sofa, said end frames preferably joined togethersimply by the bottom longitudinal members A A and 'a top backlongitudinal member E. Cross-pieces A connect the ends of the members AA and are secured to the inner surface of the end standards at the lowermargins by hinges a a.

B represents a movable seat-frame support or base-box," preferably ofthe box form shown to adapt itto receive bedding and mounted to v movewith relation to the base frame on rollers a a and casters 64*. itselfpreferably mounted on casters 6 to enable the whole furniture-piece tobe moved about the floor at will.

Two upright rods O O are secured to the end standards A A at their upperends and pass through a hole in the brackets E E at their lower ends.The brackets E E are secured to the end standards A and the baseframe Aby wood-screws. By removing the wood-screw which secures the brackets EE to the standards A and the base-frame A the brackets E E can beremoved. Sliding on the rods O O are blocks F F, which are attached tothe back frame E The operation of my device is as follows: When thedevice is in the form of a sofa, the blocks F F are near the top of therods O O.

When in this position, the back frame E acts as a brace holding the twoend standards A A v firmly together,preventing them from s preadingapart. When the brackets E E, the movable seat-frame B, and the backframe E are removed, the end standards A A can be turned in onto thebase-frame A, in which knockeddown form they are much more readilyshipped.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a sofa-bed, the combination-of base-box, seat, stationary base, andback portions, end standards hinged to said stationary baseframe,vertical rods attached at their upper ends to the end standards,brackets, the lower endsof the rods passing through said brackets, whichconnects the end standards to the baseframe, the end standards beingconnected to the base-frame at their lower ends by hinges, substantiallyas described.

FRANK BERNARD WERSEL, JR. Witnesses:

J os; L. HOLTZ, 'W. O. DAVIS.

The base-frame is,

